A newly recognized cause of wheezing: AIDS-related bronchial leiomyomas

Pediatr Pulmonol. 1997 Aug;24(2):106-10. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0496(199708)24:2<106::aid-ppul5>3.0.co;2-m.

Abstract

We present two human immunodeficiency virus-infected children who developed wheezing and radiological evidence of pulmonary air trapping due to intra- and peribronchial leiomyomas. At autopsy, leiomyomas were also found in their spleens, which to our knowledge, has never been reported. The smooth muscle tumors were strongly positive for the Epstein-Barr virus, as demonstrated by in situ hybridization to Epstein-Barr virus-encoded ribonucleic acid, confirming the findings of recent investigators and linking these tumors to the Epstein-Barr virus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications*
  • Bronchial Neoplasms / etiology*
  • Bronchial Neoplasms / prevention & control
  • Bronchial Neoplasms / virology
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Herpesvirus 4, Human / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Leiomyoma / etiology*
  • Leiomyoma / pathology
  • Leiomyoma / virology
  • Male
  • Respiratory Sounds / etiology*